__/ [ Tim Smith ] on Thursday 07 September 2006 18:43 \__
> In article <1203212.TmOl2Gd49L@xxxxxxxxxxxxxxx>, Roy Schestowitz wrote:
>>> No, *one* anonymous person says that 30-50% of EA's systems died, which
>>> EA says is incorrect. If the failure rate were 30% or more, there would
>>> be hundreds of independent sources for this.
>>
>> When Microsoft keeps lying about its products, it's hard to find a
>> reliable source. It is, after all, Microsoft that ships these, as well as
>> absorbs the
>
> If the failure rate were 30%, there would be a lot more complaints than
> there are. There would be stories about it, with multiple independent
> sources, in dozens of different gaming publications. Yet all we have is
> one anonymous source.
And a four-liner from Tim Smith which offers no backing.
Mainstream 'media' is controlled by people whose wage is financed by
sponsors. A paper that does not praise Microsoft will have a giant retaliate
and intimidate. And don't forget that author are people with interests and
various friends in industry. What intersts would EA have? None.
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